Going to Clone!! [hopefully] - Orchid Board

chidlove · #1 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 02:05 PM

I'm soo excited! got my paste on Monday,and my daughter and I did two of her Phals, and two of mine. If this works, we will be expanding our collections, and having fun doing it!

Does anyone have any special tips to this whole process? Really appreciate the help!

kinknstein · #2 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 02:57 PM

Where did you happen to find the keiki grow? I have been looking but no luck so far...

BikerDoc5968 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 03:52 PM

I have been using KeikiGrow Plus from Canada. I find that temperature is one of the most important factors in growing keikis. If applied at the wrong time, about all you'll get is a funny looking spike. Temperatures have to be in the low 80's. This is an abstract from an article out of MSU in August 2006.

Abstract
Phalaenopsis orchids are among the most valuable potted flowering crops commercially produced throughout the world because of their long flower life and ease of crop scheduling to meet specific market dates. During commercial production, Phalaenopsis are usually grown at an air temperature >28 C to inhibit flower
initiation, and a cooler night than day temperature regimen (e.g. 25/20 C day/night) is used to induce
flowering. However, the specific effect of day and night temperature on flower initiation has not been well described, and the reported requirement for a diurnal temperature fluctuation to elicit flowering is unclear. Two Phalaenopsis clones were grown in glass greenhouse compartments with constant temperature set points of 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, or 29 C and fluctuating day/night (12 h/12 h) temperatures of 20/14, 23/17, 26/14, 26/20, 29/17, or 29/23 C. The photoperiod was 12 h, and the maximum irradiance was controlled to <150 mmol m2 s1. After 20 weeks, >80% of plants of both clones had a visible inflorescence when grown at constant 14, 17, 20, or 23 C and at fluctuating day/night temperatures of 20/14 C or 23/17 C. None of the plants were reproductive within 20 weeks when grown at a constant 29 C or at 29/17 C or 29/23 C day/night temperature regimens. The number of inflorescences per plant and the number of flower buds on the first inflorescence were greatest when the average daily temperature was 14 C or 17 C. These results indicate that a day/night fluctuation in temperature is not required for inflorescence initiation in these two Phalaenopsis
clones. Furthermore, the inhibition of flowering when
the day temperature was 29 C and the night temperature was 17 C or 23 C suggests that a warm day temperature inhibits flower initiation in Phalaenopsis.

chidlove · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 01:09 PM

Thats what I ordered [keikigrow plus] hormones Canada I think the sites called.
thanks so much BikerDoc! Well, it doesnt sound like I'll be getting any to grow, as we keep our place at 21 degrees. The hub refuses to crank up the heat!

Imagine that!!! I guess I'll wait for a few that might be finished flowering in the heat of summer.
thanks again for the awesome info!!

chidlove · #5 (**permalink**) 11-12-2009, 06:42 PM

I don't want to get too excited

.....but am I seeing a baby leaf? Course, it could be just a fluke, but

I'd be Stoked!!

Undergrounder · #6 (**permalink**) 11-13-2009, 02:56 PM

Yup! keiki! Just hope it grows into a nice keiki and not a mutant keiki... but it looks good so far!

Dail · #7 (**permalink**) 11-15-2009, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chidlove

I don't want to get too excited

.....but am I seeing a baby leaf?

Chidlove:

Surely, this new growth is not from the site to which the Keiki paste was applied on Monday? When you actually see the growth AFTER applying the paste, I would love to know the time lapse from application to noticeable growth.

Good luck. I'm excited too,

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chidlove · #8 (**permalink**) 11-15-2009, 02:57 PM

The paste was applied on the 8th of October, so the time line from app. to noticeable growth, was aprox two weeks. They looked like they could be anything at first,and then the leaf shape started showing.

Still don't know if they'll be mutants thou

Thanks for being excited with me!!